I've been trying to refine a technique for cooking grains in a pint stainless Thermos. Basically, put the grains in and cover with boiling water, and let sit. It takes a couple of hours, and the outcome is stickier than if they were boiled, but it works. If you do it at lunch break, the result is ready for dinner.

I won't engage in the sodium debate. Most of us get more than we need.

I'm from VT. What's a red state? We're all pinkos here.

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Ha!

I used to be more elaborate, but now I keep it simple, a roll of aluminum foil and stop at a supermarket, pickup a fresh steak, maybe a potatoe, carrot & onion, wrap it all up toss it in the coals, sometimes I just stop at a roadside stand for veggies. I try to avoid processed foods, an ear of corn, I just soak in water in husk, toss in fire

other than the foil, in my cooking kit, I have some spices, and a small campfire coffee percolator that I can pull guts out of and boil water maybe a fresh egg

seldom however to I ever do breakfast, that's a ritual for me on a ride, 50, 100 miles into the days ride I stop at a local greasy spoon, 3 eggs, sausage (pattys) home fries, whole wheat toast w jam, OJ & Coffee

A friend works on snowmobiles. He showed me a rig that clamps to the exhaust for the purpose of warming hot dogs while one zips across the snow. He hates the things, because he claims that there is about a 90% chance of finding a long-forgotten hot dog in one when pulling the muffler.

Aluminum foil sounds more sanitary.

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I did this the other day on my XL600. We had made a bunch of carnitas wrapped in tortillas, so I put one (wrapped in foil) between my muffler and side plastics. I used a small spring clamp to hold the edge of the foil to the the plastic to keep it from falling out.

After about 45 minutes it was just luke warm, but I ate it anyway. I need to make something to attach food to the exhaust closer to the engine for more heat.